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Article: Mix and Match Dishes for Unique Setting
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 30, 1994
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Don't throw away those floral-pattern dishes your Aunt Emily gave
you, even if your taste runs to hard-edged contemporary design. The
latest, best way to create a place setting is to mix and match looks:
antique with contemporary, ethnic with classic, country with city.
The rule in dish decor today is: There is no rule. If it is
pleasing to your eye, do it.
"Sometimes you inherit china patterns from different sides of
your family that don't seem to go together at first glance. But by
adding some good basic pieces like dinner and salad plates, you can
usually blend in your other dishes," explains Electa Anderson,
director of special events and community relations at Roger's Gardens
in ...